Stress Therapy
121 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAre you stressed out? Overwhelmed? Over tired? Or, just… over…it?
Do you feel like you've tried all the things? Or, want to but you just aren’t sure how to get all those stress relievers into your life for real and for good?
It’s time to start…living…NOW!
Meet The Stress Therapist, Cheri Flake!
Stress Therapy with Cheri actually works! With Cheri, you’ll learn proven clinical methods (like meditation!) to help with any problem stress related: Anxiety, worry, attention problems, sleep trouble, emotional eating, even stress-related health issues…the list goes on and on…Cheri’s methods are accessible, practical, doable and for people just like you, living in the real world.
Cheri will show you what works, why it works and most importantly, how to get it all to work FOR you and how to keep it up, so you have new healthy habits that last a lifetime AND help you become the best you ever!
Stress Therapy with Cheri means that you are about to benefit from her 25+ years of working in mental health. That means all of the clients that have sat in her seat for psychotherapy, the workshop attendees that have sat in her audience over all those years and the participants that have come to her numerous meditation and yoga retreats: This is not a head nod with platitudes! This is real guidance, with real results, in real time for real people.
Cheri is absolutely unlike any therapist, meditation teacher or hypnotherapist you have ever encountered. Hailed as the THE Stress Therapist and fondly, "Dolly Parton meets the Dalai Lama," in a fun, humorous way, you'll learn not only how to meditate and keep it up, but also practical tips on how to get better at stress, stay motivated and focused so you can work on creating healthy habits and happy living.
You deserve this, believe me it’s time…
So, have a seat and listen up because here comes The Stress Therapist! And your Stress Therapy session is about to begin…right NOW!
www.thestresstherapist.com
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The Mind Body Connection with The Skeptic Metaphysicians
February 14, 2023 14:04 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBTo quote goofy Ross from the show, Friends, “We were on a BREEEEAAAAAAK!” Yes! We are! But I thought that between seasons you might wanna hear from the skeptic metaphysicians podcast. This is perfect for Valentine's Day, because I LOVE this podcast! Karen and Will are like detectives in the ethereal and paranormal world and these guys are into finding the truth and reporting back to you. This podcast is a blast so today I'm going to treat you with one of their episodes. The mind body connecti...
How Spirituality Can Deepen Your Meditation Practice & Help Make It A Habit that Lasts
February 02, 2023 18:23 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBMeditation is a spiritual practice by nature. Even if you are meditating purely for the health or secular benefits, a regular practice is a lovely opportunity for you to deepen your spiritual practice. I have found that in teaching folks to meditate, when the practice means a little something, it is easier to meditate, more fun to meditate and brings way more benefits to your life. It doesn’t have to be a certain tradition. If you can be a bit creative and honor your true self, you can make m...
Want To Make ANYTHING Habitual FAST? Better Make It Fun!
January 25, 2023 01:36 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBThe best way by far to make anything habitual is to make it fun! Think about it…if feeling good about whatever you want to change is the key to getting your brain and body on board for any new behavior, then what better way to feel good then to have some fun! Let’s learn some easy tips and tricks to make even the most mundane thing a rockin’ good time so you keep coming back to it until it’s a full blown habit! In this episode we will learn: ~How to make meditation (yes! Meditation!) more f...
Finally Get That Goal Into Your Life For Real & For GOOD!
January 17, 2023 15:05 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBToday it’s all about habit stacking: a little known trick to get new, healthy behaviors into your life and habitual in no time! We’ll learn just how to do it, why it works and how to trick your brain into getting that new year’s resolution into your life, no problem. Then, we will meditate on a word that represents what we want…right…Now. In this episode we will learn: ~What habit stacking is and why it works. ~How to incorporate a new behavior onto an existing habit for new healthy habit ...
What Do You Want? How to Figure Out Your Heart's Desires AND Get Them Into Your Life!
January 10, 2023 18:53 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBIt doesn’t matter what advice you get about how to change if you’re not even clear on what you want! It’s time to figure it out so you can make your life about creating your heart’s desires. No more default! We will learn a quick way to get our brains focusing on what we want rather than what we don’t want. In this episode we will learn: ~Why we’re more focused on what we don’t want than we want and how to turn it around. ~A simple exercise to get your brain more focused on desires than d...
Making 2023 The Best Year Yet!
January 03, 2023 18:40 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBNew Year’s Resolutions??? GROAN! I get it! But what if you really could change this year? For real?? Today I am going to map out a bit of what I call, “The New Year’s Resolutionist’s Mistake” and exactly how to avoid it and reach your goals this year! In this episode we will learn: ~The New Year’s Revolutionist’s Mistake and how to avoid it ~Specific typical new year’s resolution pitfalls and what to do differently ~Om Namah Shivaya meditation Love the show? Please review and rate Str...
Getting Ready For The New Year The RIGHT Way!
December 27, 2022 15:10 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBNew Year’s Resolutions have a bad rep because the way that we typically go about them is all wrong! Today, we learn how to change your thoughts on New Year’s Resolutions so you are pumped and set up for success. Change is possible when we understand how our brains work and accept change. In this episode we will learn: ~The simple and single way that you can change your New Year’s Resolutions forever and for good ~How to feel great about what you’re working on rather than bad about what ...
A Loving Kindness Christmas Meditation
December 20, 2022 19:34 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBThey say Christmas is love so today we do a little work on filling up with love and spreading it all about. Metta meditation is loving kindness meditation and our meditation today is this practice of giving love and the bonus is, we get what we give. In this episode we will learn: ~What Metta Meditation is and how to practice ~Loving Kindness meditation for Christmas Love the show? Please review and rate Stress Therapy here: https://lovethepodcast.com/StressTherapy Quotes: “We get what...
Dealing With Difficult People When We're SUPPOSED to Be Filled With Joy
December 13, 2022 19:07 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBSometimes the people that we are often surrounded by during the holidays are the people who make us the craziest. Why do I let my mean cousin get under my skin? And my parents! They go out of their way to push my buttons! Maybe it’s time to learn a quick holiday boundary setting and peace creating reaction. Remember, if you practice it enough, PEACE will become the new automatic response! Let’s do this! In this episode we will learn: ~Why we react so strongly to “button pushers” ~What to do...
Hustle Bustle Stress Busters: Stress Therapy During the Holiday Season
December 06, 2022 18:59 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBSometimes it seems more like the most stressful time of year, so how can we make it more wonderful? Here are two super simple, but truly effective stress tips to get you back on track to enjoy the holiday season rather than dread it. Then, we do a quick meditation to get you back in the Now where all the magic happens. In this episode we will learn: ~How to reel ourselves back in when we feel overwhelm ~A new way of shopping for a gift for someone ~What the best holiday gift is of all time...
Feel Better: Practice Thanksgiving Every Day
November 29, 2022 18:03 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBThanksgiving is never over if you can hone your giving thanks practice. There are good reasons to give it a shot. Studies show that if you are practicing gratitude on the reg, you are a healthier, happier person…so let’s get started! It’s the first episode of season 5! Seasonal Stress Therapy: Where we will be keeping things short, simple and accessible even during the busiest time of the year! In this episode we will learn: ~Why it’s important to practice gratitude every day ~Practicing gr...
Exhausted? How To Get Energized & NEVER Say You're Tired Again...Ever!
November 08, 2022 18:36 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBThe flu had me miss last week! But this week, I am energized, back on and NOT tired at all! Even though I’m behind, even though my whole family (including me!) was physically sick, I am not tired and today, I am going to teach you the secret to never saying that you’re tired again ever! In this episode we will learn: ~Why saying that you’re tired actually creates exhaustion ~The benefits of not complaining ~All is well~ A Meditation on wellness Love the show? Please review and rate Stres...
Moving Past Disappointment
October 25, 2022 19:39 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBDisappointment is a drag. It literally means that you didn’t get your way. The kicker is, we need disappointment in order to grow, become better and basically, become a good person. People who have never been disappointed before are well, jerks. So, if we need disappointment in order to be better, how can disappointment also be a total waste of time? Let’s learn how to make disappointing events work FOR us, make us better and happier. In this episode we will learn: ~Why we need disappointme...
The Benefits of Meditation That Will ASTOUND You
October 18, 2022 22:29 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBThe benefits of meditation are everywhere right now…everyone is talking about how meditation can change you for the better but what about you? How can meditation change your life specifically? This is what we will dive into today. Meditation is about as good for us as water, people! But how meditation will change you is anyone’s guess but a journey worth taking. Let’s talk about the lessor known meditation benefits and how it might be just the thing that changes you for the better with just a...
Decision Making Stress: A Simple Solution That Works
October 11, 2022 17:40 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBDecision making can be super stressful. We make thousands of decisions each day. Being distracted and anxious only adds to decision making fatigue and worry. Today, we learn a bit of brain anatomy to help us along in making the decision-making part of our brain more developed, calmer and a better decision maker without added stress, procrastination or excuses. In this episode we will learn: ~A handy brain model to assist us in understanding how the brain works ~Why decision making in parti...
Learn How To Speak Your Brain's Language for Anxiety Relief
October 04, 2022 22:50 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBIt’s alarming but important to know that the part of your brain that is in charge of your stress outs and anxiety doesn’t understand English, so it really doesn’t matter what you say to yourself. It won’t work. Instead, we’ll learn the language that your brain speaks so you can directly convey the peace and calm that you want it and you to know so you can get a handle on stress-outs and other negative emotions. What works is so simple…you just need to become brain-lingual! In this episode we...
Be Nice To Yourself...And Everything Changes
September 27, 2022 19:53 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBSometimes we stress ourselves out by talking to ourselves so unkindly and the kicker is…we might not even be aware that we are doing it! Learn how to replace that self-defeating voice in your head with some positivity and kindness only because it’s true, it will make your life way easier and you will feel better. In this episode we will learn: ~Why talking to ourselves kindly helps our mood ~Why berating yourself never ever works ~How to talk to yourself in a kind way (even if you think it...
It All Goes By So Fast! Or Does It? How To Slow It Down, Have More & Stress Less
September 20, 2022 22:43 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBWhy is it that the older we get, the faster time passes? Every year, quicker than the last! Feeling like time is passing us by means we are missing out and getting even more stressed. Let’s learn how to s-l-o-w things down, live in the Now and stop this race to the finish! In this episode we will learn: ~Three theories on why it seems that time passes faster with age ~Methods on how to get time to slow down a bit and why this is important ~How being present can help you enjoy more, miss le...
Easy Anxiety Hack: Stop Fortune Telling & Mind Reading!
September 13, 2022 17:17 - 31 minutes - 29 MBAnxiety is exhausting and seems unavoidable. Not true! Anxiety is largely negative thoughts about the future that may manifest as physical symptoms and eventually cause dis-ease. Mind Reading and Fortune Telling are common tough distortions that are totally avoidable if we pay attention and do the work! In this episode we will learn: ~What anxiety actually is and how this definition can help us avoid it ~What the Fortune Telling cognitive distortion is and how it makes us anxious ~How Mind ...
The Secret to Confidence: How To Avoid The Comparison Trap!
September 07, 2022 00:59 - 28 minutes - 26 MBHey, beautiful people! Confidence seems tricky, but today I am going to show you how very simple confidence can be…it’s mostly related to this comparison trap that we seem to fall in time and time again (especially when we’re on social media!). Let’s learn today how to know how to avoid this trap and exude confidence that is real and not at anyone’s expense. In this episode we will learn: ~What the comparison trap is and how to avoid it ~How the comparison trap wreaks havoc on our confiden...
Your New Mantra: "It's Easy And I Like It!"
August 30, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutes - 45 MBHey, beautiful people! What if you were able to look at the things in your life that were super boring, really hard, or just miserable, and honestly say to yourself and truly believe it ~ "It's easy and I like it!"? I'm going to show you how today on Stress Therapy. It's season 4, on Stress Therapy 101. So, settle in and listen up…because your stress therapy session is about to begin… right…now! In this podcast, we will learn: How to resist excuses and negative thoughts with your new mant...
The Science (And TRUTH) Behind "What You Think About, You Bring About!"
August 23, 2022 14:40 - 45 minutes - 62.7 MBHey, beautiful people. Have you ever heard anyone say, "What you think about, you bring about!"? Yeah, right. Is that even true? Absolutely! Today I'm going to show you the science behind this idea and, not only why it's true, but how to get it to work FOR you so you can start creating the life that you want! It's season 4! Stress Therapy 101. So, settle in and listen up...because your stress therapy session is about to begin...right...Now! In this podcast, we will learn: The brain science t...
The Secret On How To Easily Change "Bad Stress" Into "Good Stress"
August 16, 2022 10:25 - 32 minutes - 44.8 MBHey, beautiful people! Did you know that not all stress is the same? There's good stress and bad stress. So, how can you turn bad stress into good stress? Is this even possible? Yes! And today I'm going to show you how on Stress Therapy. So, settle in and listen up because your stress therapy session is about to begin…right…now! In this podcast, we will learn: The different type of stress How to take control of our bad stress and make it all good stress The importance of the body, your post...
Changing The Way You Think About Stress Could SAVE Your Life!
August 11, 2022 03:34 - 33 minutes - 46.6 MBA fresh season of Stress Therapy begins today...Season four! It's time to learn just how to get better at stress and start living our best lives...NOW. If you think stress may be affecting your health in a negative way, it's imperative that you don't miss this episode because simply thinking this thought could be killing you! Is this an overreaction? Unfortunately, no. But, don't stress! Today, we'll show you how to change your perspective on stress so that it actually works to your advantage...
Stress Therapy
August 04, 2022 16:43 - 2 minutes - 3.12 MBIt's time for Stress Therapy with The Stress Therapist! Stress Therapy is a podcast about how to meditate, chill and get better at stress for people living in the real world.
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August 04, 2022 16:43 - 1 minute - 1.68 MBAre you stressed out? Overwhelmed? Over tired? Or, just… over…it? Do you feel like you've tried all the things? Or, want to but you just aren’t sure how to get all those stress relievers into your life for real and for good? It’s time to start…living…NOW! Meet The Stress Therapist, Cheri Augustine Flake! Cheri is absolutely unlike any therapist, meditation teacher or hypnotherapist you have ever encountered. Hailed as the The Stress Therapist and fondly, "Dolly Parton meets the Dalai La...
Making Change More Comfortable And Less Stressful
August 02, 2022 10:00 - 26 minutes - 35.8 MBMy podcast got a makeover! Welcome to Stress Therapy! A podcast about getting better at stress for people living in the real world. Yes, things have changed a bit, but for the better. Today, you'll learn just why change is so hard (even if it's "good change!") and how to make it easier, more beneficial and way less stressful. Here is a book I mentioned: Change Your Thoughts Change Your Life by Wayne Dyer https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4473.A_Prayer_for_Owen_Meany?from_search=true&...
Is Summer Messing With Your Healthy Habit? Here's How To Get Back On Track FAST!
July 12, 2022 18:32 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBKeeping up with any new, healthy habit can be rough in the summer when your schedule is off. Throw in traveling and it all seems to fly right out the window! Here are a few tips to get back on track fast! This is Season #: Let's Meditate Anyway!: Motivational Insights By A seasoned Therapist Who Meditates
Short On Time? Me Too! How To Meditate Anyway!
June 28, 2022 14:34 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBSometimes we just don't have the time to meditate...So, how do we get the job done? Today, we are going to show up anyway...Even if you're on vacation, even if you've never been so busy, or if you just don't feel like it! Season 3: Let's Meditate Anyway! Motivation Insights By A Seasoned Therapist Who Meditates
3 Simple Motivation Tricks That Will Keep You Coming Back For More!
June 23, 2022 00:25 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBMotivation seems a bit mysterious…First, it’s there…then, out of nowhere your get up and go, got up and went! What happened? Getting motivated is relatively easy. Staying motivated as a whole other thing. Today I'm going to go over my 3 simple tricks on how to get and stay motivated for the long-haul so you're meditating regularly, keeping it up and working on getting meditation (or any new behavior!) a solid habit that lasts a lifetime. It’s season 3: Let’s Meditate Anyway! Motivational I...
What It's REALLY Like On A Meditation Retreat And Why You Need To Book One Now
June 15, 2022 02:26 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBI am just coming back from a short, weekend meditation retreat that I ran with the lovely Cindy Dollar, an Iyengar teacher from Asheville, North Carolina. Today, I am filled with some excellent reminders as to why retreats are so important to your meditation practice. Surrounding yourself with a group of individuals looking to hone their meditation practice and go deeper comes with benefits that we simply couldn’t predict! This retreat was quite immersive and intensive, but not scary, not w...
Meditate Like A BOSS With Binaural Beats!
June 07, 2022 23:45 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBHave you ever tried binaural beats? A lot of people use them to focus or to help with sleep but many people don't know that binaural beats are also really helpful for meditation. Today, I am going to tell you a bit about how and why they work and then we'll try them out together. This is episode 10 of my 12 week season: Let's Meditate Anyway! Motivational Insights By A Seasoned Therapist Who Meditates
Using Technology To Find Inner Peace
June 01, 2022 02:35 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBTechnology seems to be a barrier to inner peace as we are essentially practicing being distracted all day everyday with our phones. So, how can we use our devices to help us find inner peace? Today I will show you how to actually use that little personal assistant that you never leave home without to make your life calmer, more productive so you can be more present, in the moment and live a much more peaceful life. This is episode 9 of my 12 week series: Let's Meditate Anyway! Motivational ...
Procrastination & Meditation: How to Get Job Done!
May 25, 2022 01:38 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBThere are a couple of super simple procrastination tips that most people don't know about that can help you get started on whatever you are blowing off AND help you get the job done! Surprisingly, procrastination has little to do with motivation...at least not in the way we typically think about feeling motivated and more about how we think and manage our emotions. This is episode 8 of my 12 week season: Let's Meditate Anyway! Motivational Insights By A Seasoned Therapist Who Meditates
Meditation & Perfectionism: How Stillness Can Help With The Perfect Problem
May 17, 2022 22:52 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MBPerfectionism is impossible to live up to because we keep changing the rules no matter how well we do or try. Perfectionism leads to chronic disappointment and a loud inner critic. The anxiety around perfectionism is real but meditation can help! The perfect problem can also leave you frozen and contributing to the procrastination problem (we will cover that next week!) One thing to remember is that you are already perfect just the way you were made so maybe the focus needs to be on becomin...
Meditation...WTF?
May 16, 2022 22:45 - 1 minute - 990 KBMeditation is the new IT thing…Less stress sounds good, your doctor recommends it and the end of a yoga class always feels so close so good! But what exactly are you supposed to be doing? Clearing your head?? Yeah, right! And how are you supposed to find time to do it every damn day?? My name is Cheri Augustine Flake and I'm The Stress Therapist. I've been working in the Metro Atlanta mental health community for over 25 years. I teach people how to get better at stress, stop procrastinating, ...
Meditation & Communication: Conflict Resolution & Having Hard Conversations
May 11, 2022 01:45 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBToday's guest is psychotherapist, Keith Wilson author of Constructive Conflict: Building Something Good Out of All Those Arguments and The Road to Reconciliation: A Comprehensive Guide to Peace When Relationships Go Bad. As a therapist, I can tell you this guy knows what's up, he is funny, real, super smart and kind....just the psychotherapist you need to make your relationships better. Meditators look inward, get still and have to listen and face ourselves. What you get from the experience...
Meditate & Decide: Who Are You Gonna Be?
May 03, 2022 16:30 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBThere is no doubt about it, meditation changes you. Affirmations are a great way to make changes in your life, but have you ever considered when is the best time for affirmations? Because you are meditating on the reg, your brain is undergoing all of these lovely changes and this is having a profound effect on YOU. So, while you're noticing that you have the upper hand on what you think, how you react and how you behave in general, who are you gonna be?? This is episode 5 of season 3: Let's...
Meditation & Your Power: I WILLpower & I WON'Tpower
April 26, 2022 16:40 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBMeditation strengthens your willpower by actually changing your brain. Today, I am going to give you some homework to strengthen your powers even more! Then, we will meditate using a mantra that my daughter (at three years old!) will chant for you so we can all call on Lord Ganesha to remove our obstacles along the way. This is episode 4 of my Season 3: Let's Meditate Anyway! Motivational Insights by A Seasoned Therapist Who Meditates
Meditation And Concentration: The Cure for Attention Problems
April 19, 2022 21:02 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBSadly, many people who need meditation in their lives in order to help with inattention and concentration problems, will never find their way to the practice because they find meditation, the actual cure for these problems, so very difficult. It seems like a Catch - 22, but I can show you why it's not. Help! I need to be able to concentrate, clear my head, stay focused (insert other attention complaints here!) in order to meditate! Not true. In fact, meditation is honing the skill of concen...
I'm POSITIVE This Meditation Will Fill You to the Top With Gratitude
April 13, 2022 20:26 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBCOVID BLOWS! But, let's meditate anyway! This is me putting my money where my mouth is… today, in the interest of full disclosure, I feel horrible. Yesterday I tested positive for Covid. Today, I am grateful that although I took all morning to get it together, I am well enough to show up for you! Maybe not perfectly, maybe for not as long as usual and certainly, this isn't me at my best, but it's me, right now and with super gratitude for my every breath.
Meditation for Peace
April 05, 2022 14:00 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBI am traveling this week so we will not have a lesson together but we will certainly, meditate anyway! Today we meditate for peace. Peace for ourselves, our families, our communities, our nation, and certainly, we meditate for global peace. Nothing feels better the meditating on and for peace. It's Season 3! Meditate Anyway!: Motivational Insights and Meditations with A Season Therapist Who Meditates
Let's Meditate Anyway! The BEST Reason to Meditate Every Damn Day!
March 29, 2022 18:30 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBThere are LOADS of reasons not to meditate. Just like with any new, healthy habit, you can come up with thousands of reasons each day to avoid it, blow it off or just forget about it. You might "Need a break" or" deserve some time off," you can color it anyway you want because at the end of the day there are thousands of reasons to NOT do something. But, have you considered this? What is your reason TO go ahead and just get the job done? The psychic energy you are spending on finding excuse...
davidji: Meditation Wisdom & Simple Tools To Get & Keep You Meditating!
March 22, 2022 21:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MBdavidji, named last week in USA Today as 1 of the top 5 Meditation teachers to follow in 2022 is our guest today! davidji is a world renowned teacher, recording artist, meditation master and award winning author. Today, he will share his wisdom both professional and personal on how and why to meditate and also how to make meditation a consistent daily habit. davidji is famous for his simple and practical tools to start and keep up a meditation practice. 16 seconds to bliss and RPM are only...
A Daily Meditation Practice: Overcoming Excuses & Procrastination
March 15, 2022 18:15 - 20 minutes - 19.8 MBThe route to a successful, daily meditation practice is all in your head! This is my shortest podcast yet because the biggest excuse to not meditate is TIME…Your brain knows that you value it more than any other thing and so your ego uses it to talk you out of so many things…Valid excuses to not meditate: There are none. Both procrastination and excuse making are not about your thoughts so much as the emotions that come along with them. It's time to tweak the way you think AND feel so you can...
Meditation...What the Hell? The Psychology Behind Keeping it Up Or Giving It Up
March 08, 2022 14:52 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBThe "What the Hell Effect" is a very real psychological phenomena that can help you with meditation or any new healthy habit that you are trying to make a part of your every day living. Understanding where stops and starts, successes and failures, and everything in between come from can help you stay on track! This is week 10 of my 12 Week Series~Making Meditation Habitual: How to Build a Daily Meditation Practice That Lasts a Lifetime!
Meditation: Practical Ways to Make It A Habit that Lasts A Lifetime!
March 01, 2022 19:56 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBJames Clear in his book, Atomic Habits gives us great insight into making meditation a habit that lasts. Wanting meditation to be habitual and actually creating a daily meditation habit are two entirely different things. Today, we look at the practical approaches to creating any new healthy habit ~ including meditation. Nobody meditates because it's easy, but you can do hard things! There are some clinical studies that can assist you while you're making this beautiful practice a part of your...
2 Reasons Why You MUST Be Kind To Yourself if You Want to Meditate Every Day
February 22, 2022 23:16 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBThoughts seem to be branded the bad guy in meditation but we can learn how to use thoughts to our advantage when we are creating any new habit, including a daily meditation practice. Thinking about how you think about meditation is definitely going to effect your meditation practice. But also, examining how you think and talk to yourself is relevant as well. Just noticing how you are talking to yourself and tweaking these thoughts is the key to making any new change stick, including a daily m...
Meditation & Visualization: The Science Behind "You'll See It When You Believe It!"
February 22, 2022 22:16 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBThoughts seem to be branded the bad guy in meditation but we can learn how to use thoughts to our advantage when we are creating any new habit, including a daily meditation practice. Thinking about how you think about meditation is definitely going to effect your meditation practice. But also, examining how you think and talk to yourself is relevant as well. Just noticing what's going on in your head and tweaking these thoughts is the key to making any new change stick, including a daily medi...
Loving Meditation: How to Make Meditating Easier
February 14, 2022 17:27 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBLike any new habit, Learning how to meditate comes with its own obstacles. For the beginner, loving meditation, may seem tough! Although, years ago on retreat, I learned from a Buddhist monk these three ways that our egos pull us out of meditation time and time again. It’s time to learn how to get past them and meditate anyway! These hindrances have been the most helpful way to explain to my clients exactly what is going on in their mind when they want to just give up, walk away from their ...